Read Across America Success

In my last post about Read Across America I had uploaded the Thing Icon with Teacher in it. Here is a picture of how it turned out. We loved the final product. I made the hair like if I was making a tutu. Like my coworkers called it a head tutu, you can find the info on the hairpiece here. 

Also in my previous post I had mentioned an Oobleck activity. This was a great success in my classroom. Other than running out of time, my students and I loved this activity. Students had a new experience and outlook of Oobleck. I will definably do this activity again next year.



This was my door decor for this day. Based on the book, Oh, the Places You'll Go! My decoration consisted of road of different shapes, sizes, and edges. Along the roads there are shoes walking different paths. The shoes are a little booklet where students wrote about where they plan to be when they grew up. It wasn't just for career plans, but in general. For example, where they plan to go to college, where they plan to work, etc. You can get a copy of the shoes here.

During our festivities students ate green eggs and ham. After they ate green eggs and Ham and we read the book students drew where they would like to eat green eggs and ham. I had a range of roller coasters, space, and many others.

Another activity students did was to read directions found on a Jell-O box and to create Jell-O. After students created the Jell-O they placed a couple fishes (of course candy fish). And they had their One Fish, Two Fish.


Students enjoyed following directions, having the experience, and most of all their final product.


Between all the excellent readers and all the exciting activities this was one of the best days this year. It was a day to remember.